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Record Number: 7493


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

[Marginalia]: 8 leaves of ms notes, in ink, in French, have been bound in at the beginning of the volume. They consist of an introduction praising those who protect and encourage the arts, including Madame la Pompadour, 'who brought fame to this series of etchings', followed by a description of each etching. There is also a single sheet, in a different hand, containing more notes related to the item.

Century:

Date:

unknown

Country:

unknown

Time

n/a

Place:

n/a

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown


Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Anon

Age:

Unknown

Gender:

Unknown

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Unknown/NA

Occupation:

unknown

Religion:

unknown

Country of Origin:

unknown

Country of Experience:

unknown

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Jeanne-Antoinette Poisson marquise de Pompadour

Title:

Suite d'estampes gravees par Madame la marquise de Pompadour d'apres les pierre gravees de Guay graveur du Roy

Genre:

Arts / architecture

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

s.l.:s.n., [178-?]

Provenance

owned


Source Information:

Record ID:

7493

Source - Manuscript:

Other

Author:

Annotated volume in the Dunimarle Library of the Erskines of Torrie in Fife, Pompadour, Jeanne-Antoinette Poisson, marquise de, "Suite d'estampes gravees par Madame la marquise de Pompadour d'apres les pierre gravees de Guay graveur du Roy", (s.l., 178-?), ms sheets bound in, [DH LIB 1554].,

Citation:

Annotated volume in the Dunimarle Library of the Erskines of Torrie in Fife, Pompadour, Jeanne-Antoinette Poisson, marquise de, "Suite d'estampes gravees par Madame la marquise de Pompadour d'apres les pierre gravees de Guay graveur du Roy", (s.l., 178-?), ms sheets bound in, [DH LIB 1554]., http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=7493, accessed: 18 April 2024


Additional Comments:

There is no provenance in the volume and no indication of whether it was bought by the Erskines with the notes already bound in.

   
   
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